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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Digital Communication
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Digital Political Communication
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Digital Rights
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Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Internet Shutdowns
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Social Media
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Facebook
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Interactive Radio: Audience Participation, Interaction & Feedback
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Election Campaigns
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Digital Literacy: Children
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Community Radios
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Participatory Communication
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Daily Maverick (South Africa)
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Rappler (Philippines)
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The Quint (India)
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Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Social Media in Political Communication
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YouTube
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Artificial Intelligence
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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ICT Policies
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Information Society
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Feminism & Communication
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Election Reporting
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Digital Literacy: Youth
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Politics and Media
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Political Communication
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Political Transition and Media
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Nonprofit Advertising, Advertising for Noncommercial Purposes
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Digital & Social Media Use: Children
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Community Media
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Community Television
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Discussion Forums, Community Discussions, Citizen Consultations
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Extremist & Terrorist Digital / Social Media Presence
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Content Analysis (Research Method)
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Discourse & Discourse Analysis
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Collective Memory: Violent Conflicts & Wars
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Cultural Identity
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Memes
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Mailing Lists
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ICANN
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Internet
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Media Assistance: Digital Journalism & Social Media
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Chatbots
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Blogging, Blogs
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Influencers (Social Media)
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Journalistic Social Media Use
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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Telegram
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Instagram
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Digitalization, Environment & Sustainable Development
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Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
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ICT Enterprises
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ICT Indicators
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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Public Goods, Commons
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Civic Education: Use & Role of Media
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Educational Games, Serious Games
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Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
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Gaming, Video Games
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Political Parody and Satire
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Values
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Evaluation: Communication & Media
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Evaluation Design & Implementation
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Moderation / Facilitation Skills & Techniques
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Competencies
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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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International Relations
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UNESCO
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Journalism
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Investigative Journalism
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Mobile Journalism, Video Journalism
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Kiswahili
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Media Assistance: Youth Programmes & Media
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Organizational Communication, Institutional Communication
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Trust Building: Role of Communication & Media
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Media & Communication Policies
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Media & Information Literacy
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Media Literacy: Secondary Education
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Media Literacy: Teacher Training
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Well-Being Online
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Small States: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Human Rights Protection
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Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
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Arab Spring (2010-2012)
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Political Resistance
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Fragile / Post-Conflict States
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Shrinking Spaces for Civil Society & Political Actors
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Police
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National Identity & Media, Nationalism & Communication
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Public Spheres
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Radio Debates, Radio Talk Shows, Call-In Radio Programmes
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Nomades
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Networks & Networking
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Social Justice
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Society & Media, Media Sociology
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Mobile Phone Apps
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Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
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Visual Communication
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Visual Representations
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Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
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Youth & Digital Media
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"Esta es una obra miscelánea que se adentra, desde múltiples perspectivas, en las interacciones entre educación y comunicación por medio de la influencia global de las redes sociales. En un contexto hiperconectado, pero no necesariamente ‘empoderado,’ resulta esencial la formación en compet ... more
"This text, of exploratory stamp, debates the digital activism in contemporary Brazil. Methodologically, we will make a discussion on cyberactivism, digital media, and national pressure groups starting from two examples, Movimento Brasil Livre (The Free Brazil Movement) and Vem pra Rua (Come to The ... more

What if Scale Breaks Community? Rebooting Audience Engagement when Journalism is Under Fire

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 51 pp.
"This report focuses on how digital-born news media navigate audience engagement in the context of both rapid developments in a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment and significant political pressure, including the ‘weaponisation’ of social media to target and harass indepen ... more
"This report examines how digital-born news media in the Global South have developed innovative reporting and storytelling practices in response to growing disinformation problems. Based on field observation and interviews at Rappler in the Philippines, Daily Maverick in South Africa, and The Quint ... more
"L’étude suggère que les médias sociaux ne sont pas toujours la panacée pour l’engagement citoyen des jeunes. Internet n’est pas un monde isolé en soi dans le sens où il ne fait que prolonger les usages éprouvés dans la vie citoyenne. Son rôle dans l’essor des Révolutions arabes a ... more

Digitalisierung braucht Zivilgesellschaft

Robert Bosch Stiftung (2019), 176 pp.

El reto de la democracia digital: Hacia una ciudadanía interconectada

Lima: Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE);Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales (ONPE);Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS);Democracia & Desarrollo Internacional (2019), 174 pp.
"Son cuatro los capítulos que acá se incluyen que reúnen teoría, conceptos, casos, iniciativas, datos, ejemplos y, por supuesto, reflexión y análisis. Los capítulos abarcan: 1. Definiciones sobre Democracia Digital. Se revisa de manera teórica, clara y concisa lo que es la Democracia Digital ... more
"Social media engagement alone can achieve limited results in promoting public accountability for police misconduct in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda but can and has served as a valuable tool in this endeavour. The percentage of the population in Africa that engages in discussions on social media platfo ... more
"Dans ces quatre pays africains (Bénin, Kenya, Sénégal, Tunisie) où l’étude a été réalisée, il apparaît qu’à l’origine des civic tech se trouvent le plus souvent des citoyens et des citoyennes engagés, désireux de traduire leur frustration, et parfois leur colère, devant le déca ... more
"Based on over 40 interviews with practitioners, this report identifies “civic media practice” as media and technology used to facilitate democratic process. It focuses specifically on those practitioners using media tools to form relationships and build trust - a practice that sometimes runs co ... more
"This article explores the dynamics of digital (dis)information in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. International Relations scholars have presented the online debate in terms of ‘information warfare’—that is, a number of strategic campaigns to win over local and global public opinion, ... more
"Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa and occasionally drawing comparisons with other regions of the world, this book critically addresses the development of the field focusing on the current opportunities and challenges within the African context. By using a wide variety of case studies that include Moza ... more
"Ciudadanía digital y democracia participativa trata de describir experiencias concretas y procesos de apropiación y rebelión frente al actual statu quo tecnocrático a través de dos ejes conceptuales claramente definidos:--Propuestas teóricas y analíticas para el estudio de la Ciudadanía Dig ... more
"The literature on the social uses of social technologies is substantial and expanding. Using over 400 sources, the current review outlines the key themes emerging from academic, grey literature and online material in this field. Much of this literature argues for the transformative power of social ... more
"The objective of this book is to outline how a radically democratic politics can be reinvigorated in theory and practice through the use of the internet. The author argues that politics in its proper sense can be distinguished from anti-politics by analyzing the configuration of public space, subje ... more

Can the Internet Strengthen Democracy?

Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA: Polity (2017), viii, 142 pp.
"In this short book, internationally renowned scholar of political communication, Stephen Coleman, argues that the best way to strengthen democracy is to re-invent it for the twenty-first century. Governments and global institutions have failed to seize the opportunity to democratise their ways of o ... more